Birth year roster

Top names in 1932

The 100 most common names on 1932 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and Robert led the 1932 baby-name charts, the top names among Silent Generation births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); Robert was the #1 boys’ name for 17 years in all (between 1924 and 1953). Of the 200 names below, 135 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1930s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered59,883
#2Betty Endangered34,420
#3Barbara Endangered26,318
#4Dorothy Endangered24,974
#5Joan Endangered21,044
#6Patricia Endangered17,992
#7Margaret Endangered16,556
#8Helen Endangered16,376
#9Shirley Endangered14,476
#10Doris Endangered12,910
#11Ruth Endangered12,257
#12Joyce Endangered11,362
#13Nancy Endangered10,948
#14Virginia Endangered10,755
#15Jean Endangered10,670
#16Marilyn Endangered10,567
#17Elizabeth Stable9,999
#18Dolores Endangered9,630
#19Frances Endangered9,552
#20Lois Endangered9,519
#21Alice Stable8,537
#22Norma Endangered8,406
#23Evelyn Stable7,958
#24Anna Declining7,924
#25Gloria Endangered7,813
#26Mildred Endangered7,643
#27Martha Endangered7,579
#28Beverly Endangered7,527
#29Donna Endangered7,362
#30Phyllis Endangered7,308
#31Marie Endangered6,913
#32Carol Endangered6,570
#33Rose Stable6,476
#34Ann Endangered6,195
#35Janet Endangered5,786
#36Louise Endangered5,643
#37Marjorie Endangered5,608
#38Ruby Stable5,469
#39Catherine Endangered5,449
#40Peggy Endangered5,445
#41Annie Rising5,385
#42Geraldine Endangered5,332
#43Irene Endangered5,200
#44June Rising4,845
#45Eleanor Rising4,836
#46Carolyn Endangered4,587
#47Florence Endangered4,542
#48Lillian Declining4,351
#49Jane Stable4,348
#50Edna Endangered4,279
#51Thelma Endangered4,272
#52Wanda Endangered4,261
#53Rita Endangered4,256
#54Gladys Endangered4,185
#55Lorraine Endangered4,162
#56Delores Endangered4,152
#57Josephine Rising4,095
#58Juanita Endangered4,012
#59Pauline Endangered3,901
#60Theresa Endangered3,813
#61Audrey Declining3,735
#62Joanne Endangered3,730
#63Lucille Stable3,650
#64Bonnie Endangered3,621
#65Wilma Endangered3,611
#66Ethel Endangered3,608
#67Sarah Endangered3,597
#68Elaine Rising3,575
#69Edith Endangered3,570
#70Clara Stable3,564
#71Bernice Endangered3,542
#72Grace Declining3,536
#73Marion Endangered3,493
#74Charlotte Stable3,363
#75Hazel Rising3,340
#76Emma Declining3,330
#77Patsy Endangered3,254
#78Marlene Endangered3,219
#79Joann Endangered3,115
#80Arlene Endangered3,109
#81Anne Endangered2,969
#82Esther Stable2,959
#83Kathleen Endangered2,945
#84Sally Endangered2,917
#85Jacqueline Endangered2,875
#86Marian Endangered2,837
#87Beatrice Endangered2,787
#88Laura Endangered2,748
#89Loretta Rising2,746
#90Vivian Stable2,662
#91Willie Endangered2,662
#92Julia Stable2,657
#93Billie Rising2,635
#94Janice Endangered2,628
#95Katherine Declining2,588
#96Sylvia Rising2,568
#97Elsie Rising2,554
#98Eva Declining2,522
#99Constance Endangered2,492
#100Rosemary Rising2,483

Boys

#1Robert Endangered59,268
#2James Stable51,930
#3John Past peak48,624
#4William Declining42,124
#5Richard Endangered31,809
#6Charles Stable31,092
#7Donald Endangered29,794
#8George Stable20,439
#9Joseph Declining18,566
#10Thomas Stable16,834
#11Edward Endangered15,191
#12David Past peak12,139
#13Paul Endangered12,066
#14Kenneth Endangered11,742
#15Frank Endangered11,497
#16Ronald Endangered11,143
#17Jack Stable10,716
#18Harold Endangered10,433
#19Raymond Endangered10,346
#20Billy Endangered9,436
#21Walter Stable8,667
#22Eugene Endangered8,046
#23Henry Stable7,470
#24Gerald Endangered7,347
#25Arthur Rising6,916
#26Albert Endangered6,863
#27Ralph Endangered6,727
#28Carl Endangered6,714
#29Joe Endangered6,690
#30Bobby Endangered6,597
#31Willie Endangered6,547
#32Harry Endangered5,706
#33Fred Endangered5,525
#34Jerry Endangered5,303
#35Lawrence Endangered5,295
#36Howard Endangered5,292
#37Norman Endangered5,268
#38Roy Endangered5,238
#39Louis Stable5,134
#40Clarence Endangered4,895
#41Earl Endangered4,822
#42Daniel Declining4,449
#43Francis Stable4,388
#44Herbert Endangered4,368
#45Anthony Declining4,223
#46Marvin Endangered4,187
#47Ernest Endangered4,166
#48Leonard Endangered4,101
#49Alfred Endangered3,899
#50Roger Endangered3,788
#51Melvin Endangered3,776
#52Stanley Endangered3,759
#53Leroy Endangered3,677
#54Michael Past peak3,607
#55Don Endangered3,453
#56Samuel Stable3,411
#57Wayne Endangered3,388
#58Bill Endangered3,362
#59Ray Endangered3,263
#60Bernard Endangered3,252
#61Dale Endangered3,140
#62Peter Stable3,130
#63Russell Stable3,021
#64Gene Endangered2,952
#65Larry Endangered2,826
#66Franklin Stable2,754
#67Theodore Rising2,674
#68Floyd Endangered2,667
#69Andrew Declining2,645
#70Philip Endangered2,625
#71Lloyd Endangered2,590
#72Edwin Stable2,568
#73Frederick Stable2,501
#74Leo Rising2,500
#75Jimmie Endangered2,475
#76Jimmy Endangered2,461
#77Glenn Endangered2,435
#78Vernon Endangered2,428
#79Bob Endangered2,424
#80Allen Endangered2,419
#81Gordon Endangered2,410
#82Clyde Stable2,319
#83Leon Rising2,295
#84Clifford Endangered2,286
#85Douglas Endangered2,284
#86Lee Endangered2,284
#87Alvin Declining2,274
#88Martin Stable2,255
#89Herman Endangered2,191
#90Charlie Rising2,127
#91Eddie Endangered2,112
#92Lewis Rising2,112
#93Vincent Stable2,066
#94Elmer Endangered2,058
#95Harvey Rising2,030
#96Johnny Endangered2,011
#97Gilbert Endangered1,974
#98Bruce Endangered1,935
#99Jesse Stable1,863
#100Arnold Endangered1,820